If broadband is good, wideband must be better; right? Well, maybe. Yesterday an AP story carried on Forbes.com reported that Comcast CEO Brian Roberts demoed a cable modem providing downloads at the blazing speed on 150 megabits per second. Comcast’s standard offer around here offers only 6 megabits today...
If broadband is good, wideband must be better; right? Well, maybe. Yesterday an AP story carried on Forbes.com reported that Comcast CEO Brian Roberts demoed a cable modem providing downloads at the blazing speed on 150 megabits per second. Comcast's standard offer around...
The Latin American group at USA Network in Miami was having trouble capturing viewers within the adult, 18-35 age-range and this was challenging their sales efforts in Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Initially, the USA Network marketing team asked us to help them generate positioning and concept statements that could...
Primus Telecommunications, Inc. today announcedthat it has executed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems, LLC HUGHESto resell HughesNet® broadband satellite Internet service to Primuscustomers in the continental United States and Puerto Rico. The agreement allows Primus to offer broadband services to all its small-and medium-sized business SMB customers, including those...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-BT to invest GBP1.5bn in fibre based home broadband by 2012C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com On 15 July BT, a British telecommunication company, announced plans to invest GBP1.5bn in fibre optic cables and promised to make faster broadband access available to up to 10 million households...
LOS ANGELES -- On a day dedicated to edgy cable channel FX, the network talked to TV writers about saying goodbye to the series that started it all. The Shield, which airs its seventh, final season starting in September, was FX's first original series, sparked rival cable networks...
First contract for two transponders on 31.5 degrees East / Optimised cable feed to boost digitalisation BETZDORF, Luxembourg -- SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with a company representing the independent German cable operators to transmit...
A Leading United Kingdom Paper Merchant/Convertor Displaces Ethernet Workgroup Switches and Traditional Access Points with a Single Cable Drop WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Xirrus, Inc., the only Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that can replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi as the primary network connection, announces that Middleton Paper has deployed...
Creative agency is recognized for work with Canadian network Teletoon NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Brand New World, a New York-based creative agency that integrates advertising, branding, design and technology to form stronger connections between brands and their customers, received three Promax/BDA Design Awards in On-air...
KIRKLAND, Wash., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Neural Audio Corporation, a market leader in developing advanced audio and surround sound technologies, announced that SPEED, one of the fastest-growing sports cable television networks in the country, has integrated Neural-THX Surround professional products for their HD programming schedule covering NASCAR, Grand Am,...
BURBANK, Calif. & LONDON -- Xytech Systems Corporation, a leading provider of software solutions that improve, automate, and streamline the mission critical business aspects of media operations including business workflow, resource scheduling, media library management, and digital workflow automation, announced that Trinity Broadcasting Network TBN is utilizing Xytech's software to...
The N's Back-to-Back Premieres Rank as Broadcast, Basic Cable TV's Top Destination For Teen Girls in Time Period NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A double dose of teen reality TV delivered great teen and total viewer gains for The N on Friday, July 11, with the...
NEW YORK -- Kay Koplovitz, Chairman and CEO of Koplovitz & Co. and respected pioneer in cable television networks and new media ventures, has joined the Boardroom Consultants Advisory Board. In this role, Ms. Koplovitz will bring a distinguished record of senior leadership across a variety of business...
Top Shows From COMEDY CENTRAL, Noggin, The N, Logo, BET And Expanded Nick On Demand Now Part of Free On Demand Offering Available To iO TVSM Customers BETHPAGE, N.Y., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. today announced the significant expansion of the free video on...
WASHINGTON -- A recommendation to punish Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic should serve as a warning to other service providers, the nation's top telecommunications regulator said Friday. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he hopes his action will make network operators sensitive about putting...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Broadcast International (OTCBB: BCST) ("BI") today announced that a patent for its breakthrough multi-codec video compression technology, CodecSys, has been granted by the Mexico patent office. The technology slashes bandwidth requirements for video transmitted over satellite, cable, IP, and wireless media. CodecSys allows, for example, up...
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Times announced today that Lanny J. Davis, former Special Counsel to President Clinton between 1996-98, will write a political analysis column entitled "Purple Nation." The first column, to be published every Monday, is titled "Time for Bipartisanship Partisanship - Not An Oxymoron." In 2006-07,...
Smash Hit Drama From ABC Studios and the Mark Gordon Company to Return in 2009 With 18 All-New Episodes -- Year's #1 Cable Drama Among Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 -- BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyed by a record-setting second season that...
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) today announcedthe completion of the company's stock repurchase program. The Board ofDirectors authorized the repurchase of up to $200 million of JDSU's commonstock on May 15, 2008. The Company repurchased a total of 17,235,900shares. As of July 11, 2008, the total outstanding...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-11 July 2008-Sonus Networks chosen to migrate PTV Telecom networkC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com PTV Telecom, a Spanish cable service provider with its own wholly owned telecomms network, has selected Sonus Networks Inc (Nasdaq:SONS) to replace its existing infrastructure. The company currently runs a PacketCable compliant...
